it means satellite or companion.
Yes, both were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Yes, Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth over 1000 times
Sputnik was the "family name" for a series of satellites, so there never was a satellite named only Sputnik. They all had numbers with Sputnik 1 being the first.
Construction of Sputnik 1 began in 1957.
Sputnik was 23 inches in diameter and was about the size of a basketball.
The word "sputnik" comes from Russian, meaning "satellite" or "companion." It was famously used to name the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
Sputnik means "fellow traveler" in Russian.
It means it was the first sputnik.
Sputnik 1 was a Russian satellite.
Sputnik 1 Sputnik 1
Because the Sputnik program ended with Sputnik 3. Albeit there was a Sputnik 40 and 41 but these were to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Sputnik 1.
USSR in Sputnik 1 refers to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which was a socialist state in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. Sputnik 1 was the world's first artificial satellite launched by the USSR in 1957. It marked a significant milestone in space exploration and the beginning of the Space Age.
the name of the first satellite is Sputnik
Yes, both were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The only known contents of Sputnik 1 are Electronics and some batteries.
Only things the sputnik 1 is known to have contained are Electronics and batteries.
Yes, Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth over 1000 times